ĕquĭtātus, ūs, m. [equito]. *
I In abstr., = equitatio, a riding : atteri equitatu, Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 218.—
II In concr.
A Cavalry (very freq.), Caes. B. G. 1, 15, 1; 2; 1, 18, 5; 1, 24, 1 et saep.: ferreus, harnessed cavalry , Amm. 19, 1.— Dat. equitatu, Caes. B. G. 1, 18 fin. ; 1, 39, 5; 1, 52 fin. ; also, equitatui, id. ib. 1, 42, 5; 7, 4, 9; id. B. C. 3, 89, 3.—In plur., Caes. B. C. 1, 61, 3; 3, 8, 1; Cic. Font. 2; Sall. J. 46, 7; Flor. 3, 11, 8.—
B The equestrian order (very rare), Plin. 33, 2, 9, § 35; cf. ib. § 36; Aus. Idyll. 11, 78.